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Text transcribed from caption: PC-29721 WORLD’S FAIR CHRISTIAN EXHIBITS NEW
YORK -- Spires, towers, crosses, famous religious art objects, and light
beams reaching skyward will project the Christian message to the 70 million
people expected to visit the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. Religious
pavilions offering a wide variety of features will cover more than seven
acres in the heart of the fair’s International and Industrial areas, space
which has been provided rent-free. Architect’s rendering of the various
pavilions are shown above. The Vatican Pavilion (top left) will be on an oval
plot, surmounted by a lantern and cross and housing a 350-seat chapel. Also
in the Roman Catholic pavilion will be the famed sculpture, “Pieta,”
(center) created by Michelangelo in 1499, which the late Pope John XXIII
agreed to send to the fair for display. The Protestant Center (top right)
will be a united Christian display proclaiming the theme, “Jesus Christ,
the Light of the World,” with an exhibit pavilion behind a Court of
Protestant Pioneers, pillars dedicated to Christian leaders surrounding an
elevated, illuminated cross. The center is sponsored by the Protestant
Council of the City of New York, with several denominations participating.
The main spire of the pavilion of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints (Mormon) (center left) will reach upward 127 feet and be crowned by a
statue of the Angel Moroni. The structure is a replica of the famed Salt Lake
City Temple. The Billy Graham Pavilion (center right) will be octagonal in
shape and will incorporate a 500-seat theater, 150-seat chapel, counseling
rooms, a lounge and offices. The Christian Science Pavilion (bottom left)
will rise 35 feet in the shape of a seven-pointed star and will be topped by
a diamond-shaped “sky dome” which will throw a shaft of light into the
sky. The building will be surrounded by 14 illuminated fountains and an
aluminum and glass reading room will be nearby. Films produced by the Moody
Institute of Science, showing the harmony between science and religion, will
be shown in the Sermons from Science Pavilion (bottom right), an exhibit
sponsored by the Christian Life Convention of New York City. In the
pavilion’s 500-seat circular theater, film narration and demonstrations
will be in six languages, with translations available through earphones.
Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-NY-8C-63-NBM)
Topics:
Exhibitions--New York (State)--New York., Pavilions--New York (State)--New York., Religion--Exhibitions.
Geographic subjects:
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.), Queens (New York, N.Y.)